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Anonymous
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5 years ago
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Bar Chart colour based on Table

Hi,

 

I have a Table showing what versions of software are approved and a Bar Chart showingwhat is actually installed on the user's device. I would like to change the colour of this bar to get it to stand out. Is this possible? Driving me mad!

 

 

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    5 years ago

    HI Anonymous,

    Maybe you can try to use the following measure formula on data color formatting to highlight the records that existed in your Approved Software Versions tables:

    Measure =
VAR selected =
    ALLSELECTED ( 'Approved Software Versions'[iOS] )
VAR currVersion =
    SELECTEDVALUE ( 'Purchased App Versions'[iOS Version] )
RETURN
    IF ( currVersion IN selected, "Red", "Blue" )

    Regards,

    Xiaoxin Sheng

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  • PaulDBrown's avatar
    PaulDBrown
    Community Champion
    5 years ago

    Anonymous 

    It sure is possible, but it is hard to suggest a solution based on the info you have provided. Can you share an example with dummy data, or even a PBIX file?

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      Not applicable
      5 years ago

      Hi PaulDBrown - Please can you suggest how I can share this file with you? The only way I can see is to use a Shared OneDrive folder? Thanks for your help!

      • PaulDBrown's avatar
        PaulDBrown
        Community Champion
        5 years ago

        Anonymous 

        Yes, use Onedrive (or any other cloud service) to upload the file and share from there

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    5 years ago

    HI Anonymous,

    Maybe you can try to use the following measure formula on data color formatting to highlight the records that existed in your Approved Software Versions tables:

    Measure =
VAR selected =
    ALLSELECTED ( 'Approved Software Versions'[iOS] )
VAR currVersion =
    SELECTEDVALUE ( 'Purchased App Versions'[iOS Version] )
RETURN
    IF ( currVersion IN selected, "Red", "Blue" )

    Regards,

    Xiaoxin Sheng

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      Not applicable
      5 years ago

      Hi Anonymous  - Thank you so much for your help with this, this is exactly what I was after! 

  • dedelman_clng's avatar
    dedelman_clng
    Community Champion
    5 years ago

    Hi Anonymous - you can try something like this.  There are probably more elegant ways to do it, but this should work

     

    Create a Measure 

     

    Highlight =
VAR __myVer =
    SELECTEDVALUE( Table[iPadOSVer] )
VAR __myAppVal =
    LOOKUPVALUE ( Table2[Approved Version}, Table2[OS], "iOS")
RETURN
    IF ( __myDt = __myAppVal, 1, 0 )

     

    Then do conditional formatting on your bars using Rules.  When Highlight is 1 use your highlight color, else use your default color.

     

    Hope this helps

    David

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      Not applicable
      5 years ago

      Hi David (@dedelman_clng )

      Thanks for sharing this, I have tried to add this measure but am getting the error below, any ideas please? (Sorry didn't realise this would take me to bits that I have never done before, which I like!)

      Measure Issue.PNG

      Thanks!

      • dedelman_clng's avatar
        dedelman_clng
        Community Champion
        5 years ago

        Hi Anonymous  - "highlight" was the name of my measure, not a DAX command. Sorry for the confusion. 

        Also check on the LOOKUPVALUE statement. It needs at least 3 parameters

         

        LOOKUPVALUE (Column to Return, Column to match, Value to Match)

         

        MeasureName =
VAR __myVer =
    SELECTEDVALUE( Table[iPadOSVer] )
VAR __myAppVal =
    LOOKUPVALUE ( Table2[Approved Version}, Table2[OS], "iOS")
RETURN
    IF ( __myVer = __myAppVal, 1, 0 )

        David